Matt Higby Discusses PlanetSide 2 Membership Perks

Creative Director Matt Higby recently took to the forums to open discussions on what SOE has tentatively planned for membership benefits in PlanetSide 2 and to alleviate concerns about pay-to-win. While none of the current plans are etched in stone, Higby did offer a few details about what is being considered and called on the community to offer feedback. Subscriber benefits currently being considered include the following:

1 Â Passive Cert Growth. This is often mischaracterized (by myself as well) as Âoffline cert pointsÂ. ItÂs actually just passive cert gain that works if you are online or offline. With the current plan all players will gain cert points passively over time at a set rate. Members will get a faster rate. The current penciled in benefit for membership is 50% increase to the speed which passive cert points are granted. This does not affect cert points earned via experience.
2 Â Automatic experience boost. Members will accrue experience at a 50% increased rate. This will affect ÂactiveÂ cert point gain, as well as battlerank gain.
3 Â Automatic resource boost. Members will accrue resources at a 50% increased rate. This will affect the rate which you can acquire consumables like grenades, spawn beacons and med kits, as well as vehicles and Auraxium unlocks.

Additionally:
4 Â Increased resource pool caps. As Auraxium is uncapped, this only affects Catalysts, Alloys and Polymers, itÂs a 100% increase to those pool sizes. This allows you to spawn some additional vehicles, grenades and consumables if you have no resource income on the map before youÂre tapped out.

5 - NEW: Members will receive priority slots in the login queue over non-members.

Higby also stated that the team is considering the sale of cosmetics and convenience items that may include unlocking side-grades faster or certs with either booster items or a direct Station Cash purchase.

Again, these are not set in stone, but you can read HigbyÂs full post and offer your own feedback about the planned membership benefits on the PlanetSide 2 forums.